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HMCS
FORT EIRE K670 / 312
River
Class / Prestonian Class Frigate
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Post wartime badge |
HMCS FORT EIRE K670
Courtesy of Chris Carnall
Photo restoration by Darrell Cameron
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Laid down: 03
Nov 1943
Re-named:
Mar 1944
Launched: 27 May 1944
Commissioned: 27
Oct 1944
Paid off: 22
Nov 1945
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Re-acquired by RCN: 1954
Re-Commissioned: 17
Apr 1956
Paid off: 26
Mar 1965
Fate: Broken up at La Spezia, Italy in 1966
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Built by George T. Davie &
Sons Lts., Lauzon, Que, she was laid down as HMCS LA TUQUE - renamed
HMCS FORT EIRE in Mar 1944. Commissioned at Quebec City on 27 Oct 1944,
she did not arrive at Halifax until Dec 1944. She worked up in
Bermuda in mid-Jan 1945 and, on her return to Halifax, was assigned
to EG 28, an RCN support group based on Halifax, for the duration of
the European war. Tropicalization refit, begun 02 Jun 1945, at
Pictou, was cancelled on 20 Aug 1945 and FORT EIRE was paid off on
22 Nov 1945, to be laid up at Shelburne. She was sold in 1946 to
Marine Industries Ltd., but re-acquired by the RCN and rebuilt in
1954 and 1955 as a Prestonian class ocean escort. Re-commissioned 17
Apr1956, she was generally in service as a training ship. On 13 Feb
1959, HMCS FORT EIRE, HMCS BUCKINGHAM, HMCS SWANSWA and HMCS LA HULLOISE
returned to Halifax after a 5 week exercise in southern waters that included
a port visit to Kingston, Jamaica. FORT EIRE was paid off on 26 Mar 1965 at Halifax. She was broken
up at La Spezia, Italy, in 1966.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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A/LCdr A.W. Ford,
RCNR - 27 Oct 1944 - 20 Feb 1945
A/LCdr Ernest Frederick Piper,
RCNVR - 21 Feb 1945 - 05 Aug 1945
A/LCdr R.C. Chenoweth,
RCN - 06 Aug 1945 - 04 Nov 1945
Cdr William Wyness MacColl,
RCN - 17 Apr 1956 - 17 Jan 1958
Cdr Latham Brerton Jenson, RCN -
18 Jan 1958 - 02 Jul 1958
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LCdr Henri Charles
LaRose,
RCN - 03 Jul 1958 - 17 Sep 1959
Cdr James Robert Boardman Coulter,
RCN - 18 Sep 1959 - 10 Aug 1960
Cdr Latham Brerton Jenson,
RCN - 11 Aug 1960 - 30 Sep 1962
Cdr W.C. Spicer,
RCN - 04 Oct 1962 - 12 Aug 1963
Cdr E. Petley-Jones,
RCN - 12 Aug 1963 - unk |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
LANCASTER, Earl
F.
AB, RCNVR
died - 07 Nov 1944
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be forgotten
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Brocklebank, Ronald |
Burnett,
Gerald C.
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Bushen,
Norbert E.
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Cardy,
John H.
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Caverly,
Roderick J.
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Coulter,
James R. B.
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Crossley,
Sidney R. |
Cumming,
James M.
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Eldridge,
Richard
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Elliott,
Ronald E.
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Guile,
Gerald E.
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Hannam,
Jack
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Harrison, D. Larry
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Jenson,
Latham B.
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Kelvin,
George D.
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Kirby,
Richmond H.
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Large, J. Donald
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MacAlpine,
Gerald A.
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MacDonald,
Harry B.
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MacKay,
Donald
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Mason,
John W. R.
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McMillin,
Andrew C.
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McOuat,
Walter S.
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Morris,
Edward J.
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Mulock, William
R.
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Patterson,
Merville J.
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Patton, Donald J.
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Poidevin,
James J.
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Preston,
Anthony J.
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Rhyno, Donald M.
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Roberts,
Ralph D.
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Salsiccioli,
Peter P.
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Searle, John
V.
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Sigurdson,
Thomas A.
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Spicer,
Wylie C.
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Starkey, Brian H.
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Stevens,
Harold
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Stitt,
Don M.
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Sundue, Dave
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Sykes,
Douglas R. M.
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Waller,
Harold T.
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Webb,
Frederick A. H.
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Weir,
James N.
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Wickson,
William F.
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Wilson,
John E. N.
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Former Crew Members
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Bernier,
Jean-Claude - 1963 - Nov 1964
Coughlan,
Joseph Daniel, Slt (E), RCNVR - Jan 1945
Curry,
Don, Radar Operator - Apr 1956 - Sep 1957
Day,
Lee, AW
Eastwood,
Walter A/Lt, RCNVR - 02 Apr 1945
Edwards,
Bruce - 1963-1964
Elliott,
Robert George (Bob), 43386-H, AB
Foley,
Maurice Aloysius, Lt (E), RCNVR
Hardy,
Peter - 1964
Jacobson,
Barry, Naval Cadet
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Joyce,
Geoff
Latcham,
Garry J. 
Leseur,
Charles Robin, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 Mar 1945
McDougall,
Keith, OSEM1 / ABEM1, Jun 1960 - Aug 1962
Logan,
Don, Sig - 14 Jun 1962 - 10 Mar 1963
Taylor,
Gerald (Gerry), CR
Walker,
Herman, LS Stwd, RCN - 1964
Walsh,
Bill, Cook, RCN - Summer 1963-Jan 1965
Yoneyama,
John, Stwd, RCN - 1963-1964 |
Photos and
Documents
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HMCS FORT EIRE K670
From the collection of Peter
McCormick, C2 Supp Tech, RCN / C.A.F. |
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Two unknown sailors on HMCS FORT EIRE K670 circa
1945
From the collection of Harold Stevens
Courtesy of Rob Stevens |
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Sinclair (possibly) and Hal Stevens (right) on
HMCS FORT EIRE K670 circa 1945
From the collection of Harold Stevens
Courtesy of Rob Stevens |
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HMCS FORT EIRE K670 circa 1945
From the collection of Harold Stevens
Courtesy of Rob Stevens |
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Armament of HMCS FORT EIRE
Source: RCNA
North Bay website |
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HMCS FORT EIRE 312
Source: Flickr
photo collection of DG Gorham
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HMCS FORT EIRE 312 - Crossing the Line
Certificate (Arctic Circle) ABEM Keith McDougall, 23 Jul 61 |
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HMCS FORT EIRE 312 - Crossing the Line
certificate (Equator) ABEM Keith McDougall, 11 Feb 62 |
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HMCS FORT EIRE 312
West African Cruise 1962 Map and
Itinerary
Courtesy of Keith McDougall |
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HMCS FORT EIRE, African Cruise
L-R: LS Lee Day, AB Vern Wright, and AB Ron
Brocklebank
From the collection of Lee
Day, AW, RCN |
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Crew members of HMCS FORT EIRE 312 in Bermuda in
1960
Courtesy of Jean-Louis Tetreault |
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ABSG Don Logan on HMCS FORT EIRE in 1962
Courtesy of Don Logan |
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HMCS FORT EIRE 312 - undated
DND / RCN photo
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Peter Hardy on HMCS FORT EIRE - 1964
Courtesy of Bruce Edwards |
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Alberty, Peter Hardy, Corbin - HMCS FORT EIRE 1964
Courtesy of Bruce Edwards |
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HMCS FORT EIRE
Courtesy of Bruce Edwards |
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